Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Below is a link to a story about campers who have been illegally staying on private property at Machans Beach, one of the Cairns Northern Beaches in tropical North Queensland. The headline in the article, at www.cairns.com.au, calls it "Battle Over Hippie Haven". If you're looking for Cairns campervan hire, check out the great deals at http://motorhomesincairns.com.au. But stick to legal campgrounds, or you'll wake up with an angry locals banging on your door!

The story goes that a block of private land at Machans Beach has been used by travellers -- "hippies", says the story -- as a campground. Local residents want them gone -- and rangers have spoken to them, but as it's private property the rangers have no jurisdiction. The story gained traction after a real estate agent started marketing the beachfront property, at AUD$1.5 million and discovered campers stayingthere. And when the agent told the owner about the dilemma, the owner laughed and said, "Why wouldn’t you want to camp there, it’s beautiful." Here's the story link.

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